Game



June. 1 ,1926. 1,586,983 L. W. FARQUHAR GAME Filed sept. 15, "1925 the tPATENT QFFICE.

'LOUIS WATSON' FARQUHAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME.

Application led September 15, 1925. Serial No. 56,460.

This` invention is an improvement in games, and more particularly indevices for indicating the relative position of possible winners.

A primary object of the invention is the provision of a simple andinexpensive device of the character in question having means to conceala plurality of similar game pieces, while they are mixed or shuilied,and means to display a selected number in selected order, aft-er themixing or shuling.

Another object is the provision in such a device ofmechanism for holdingin storage game pieces not in use, whereby different selections of gamepieces may be utilized in games.

With these and other objectsin view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts fully described hereinafter,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimsappended hereto,A it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings forming apart hereof.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the complete device, with parts brokenaway, and in section.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

F Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe outer member or cover.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the improved game deviceconsists of4 an inner member in the form of a container, having openingsfor the removal and insertion of ame pieces, an outer member for closingt e openings, and for covering the major portion of the container,together with a number of game pieces. The inner member is preferably oftransparent material as for instance glass, while the outer member orcover is of opaque material, and designed to conceal the greater portionof the inner member when in place.

The inner member is substantially bottle shaped, comprising a body 1,which may be of any cross sectional shape, preferably oval, and areduced neck 2 having its outerend closed as indicated at 3, to form anarrow chamber of a length to receive a file of a selected number ofgame pieces. A partit1on 4 is arranged transversely of the containerintermediate the ends thereof, and somewhat farther from the neck endthan from the other end.

The partition divides the interior of the container into two chambers,one for containing the game pieces in use, and the other for containingthose not in use. One wall of the container is provided with openings 5and 6, one on each side of the partitlon, and preferably of oval shapeas shown, to permit access to the chambers. A plurahty of game pieces 7of spherical form is held in the chambers.

Each of these game pieces, ofwhich any number may be used, as forinstance twenty,

is provided in a plurality of places with a numeral 8 or set ofnumerals, the same numeral or set of numerals being provided in anysuitable manner on each game piece. The numerals or sets of numerals areso arrange-d on each game piece, that whatever the position of the gamepiece, one of the numerals or one of the sets will be in readableposition, and the game pieces are numbered consecutively, as forinstance from 1 to 20.

The outer member 9, which is of opaque material, as for instance metal,hard rubber, celluloid or the' like, is of a shape and size to t overthe oval body of the container closely as shown in Figs. 1 to 3inclusive, and to cover the same from the end remote from the neck toabout where the body commences to narrow into the neck. This outermember serves a double purpose, that of concealing the game pieces inthe chambers, and as a closure for the openings 5 and 6.

In one of the wide surfaces of the cover an opening 10 is provided, theopening being so positioned, that when the cover "is in the opening willbe greater than that ofthe game pieces, so that the game pieces may moveeasily into and out of the neck. The neck is connected to the body b atapering or flaring portion toy facilitate t e movement of the gamepieces into and out of the neck. The oval or flattened arrangement ofthe device, prevents shaken or ot erwise manipulated to mix theplurality of game ieces, and then tilted toward inverted osition, sothat the pieces roll toward and into the neck. The neck is of a lengthto receive a le of three in the present instance, and the relativeosition of those in the neck may easily be etermined by inspection.

I claim:

1. A game device including a container having a plurality of chambersand an opening through the Wall at'each chamber, the container having aneck with which one chamber communicates and provided with a transparentwall, a plurality of consecutively numbered game pieces, the neck beingof a length and cross section to receive a' file of a selected number ofgame pieces.

2. In a device of the c ass described, a receptacle of transparentmaterial including a body and a reduced neck having the outer endthereof closed, a plurality of game pieces adapted to be held in thebody, the neck of a diameter and length to receive a file of a selectednumber of game pieces, and a removable non-transparent cover for thebody of the container for concealing the game pieces when said piecesare in the body.

3. In a device of the class described, a receptacle of transparentmaterial including a body and a reduced neck having the outer endthereof closed, a plurality of game pleces adapted to be held in thebody, the

neck of a diameter and length to receive a file of a selected number ofgame pieces, and

a removable cover for the body of the coninto the body to facilitaterolling of the said pieces.

.4. In a device of the class described, a receptacle of transparentmaterial including a body and a reduced neck 'having the outer endthereof closed, a plurality of game 66 pieces adapted toy be held in thebody, the neck of a diameter and lengthyto receive a ile of a selectednumber of game pieces, and a removable cover for the body of thecontainer, the body having a transverse par- 70 tition intermediate itsends, and an 'opening through a Wall thereof at each side of thepartition, to facilitate the insertion and removal of the game pieces,said openings closed by the cover when in a pre-determined position onthe body.

5. In a device of the class described, a receptacle of transparentmaterial including a body and areduced neck having the outer end thereofclosed, a plurality of game'BD pieces adapted to be held in the body,the

neck of a diameter and length to receive a ile of a selected number ofgame pieces, and a removable cover for the body of the container, thebody having a transverse partition intermediate its ends, and an openingthrough a Wall thereof at each side of the partition, to facilitate theinsertion and removal of the game pieces, said openings .closed by thecover when in a pre-determined position on the body, the game piecessubstantially spherical and distinctively marked.

Signed at NewYork in the county of New York and State of New York thisfourth day of September A. D. 1925. Louis WATSON FARQUHAR.

